The day I found out I was pregnant, was one of the best days of my life. I can remember that feeling of anxiousness and excitement when I came home with my unopened pregnancy test. My husband wasn’t home at the time and I was very impatient, so I decided to find out on my […]
Many couples want to select the sex of their baby, and they may try various techniques that promise baby gender selection. But is it really possible to choose the gender of your baby? Many people assume that it is a 50/50 chance whether you are going to get pregnant with a boy or a girl. […]
10 tips to keep things smooth-sailing for the second trimester of your pregnancy. Hooray! You made it to the second trimester. Most of you will be saying “Bye, bye” to nausea and will get a big burst of energy and a mood elevation. You may even feel more like your pre-pregnancy self. It is much […]
Many practiced moms ruefully advise pregnant women to, “Get all the sleep you can now, before your baby comes!” while bemoaning that they haven’t had a peaceful night’s sleep since their own children are born. However, if you are coming into your second trimester, you may be finding a night of blissful rest to be […]
10 nuggets of advice to help expecting moms make it through those first twelve weeks. Congratulations! You just found out you have a baby on the way! Let the happy dancing ensue! Oh, wait…what’s that feeling? Nausea you say? Nausea is just one of the symptoms many of us experience in early pregnancy that can […]
The A to Z guide of healthy pregnancy foods for moms-to-be. Congratulations, you’re pregnant. Pregnancy is such an exciting, but often anxiety producing time. We worry about so much during these nine months. I honestly think many women are more anxious during this time period than they will be for most of the next eighteen […]
Prenatal vitamins are recommended by healthcare providers to optimize maternal as well as fetal health during pregnancy. Antenatal supplements include micro-nutrients like Vitamin D, C, B-Complex (especially Vitamin B6, B12, B9) and Vitamin E along with minerals such as zinc, iron, calcium and copper in recommended doses. However, many women commit the mistake of not […]
Fertility monitors are reliable devices that are mainly used to detect the fertile window in the female ovarian cycle with the help of changes in the concentration of hormone breakdown products in the urine. Various research studies and experiments suggested that these monitors are fairly helpful in increasing the chances of conception by detecting 3-6 […]
Time seems to slow down when a woman is trying to get pregnant, because she is always watching the calendar to determine if conception happened. According to a few fertility experts, if you want to get pregnant fast, there are several fertility boosting methods that can be used to increase your odds and chances of […]
There are a lot of pregnancy books and magazines out there geared toward the expectant mom and it can be confusing to weed out the great from the good or bad. Whether you are expecting for the first time or giving birth to your fourth child, the following are a great list of pregnancy and […]
